ous body who nominally follow the
teaching of Menno Simons (born in Friesland, a province of
Holland, 1492; died 1559), a religious leader, who insisted that
true Christianity can recognize no authority outside of the Bible
and an enlightened conscience. There are Mennonite colonies in
Holland, France, Russia and Germany, as well as in the U.S. The
American Mennonites have been largely emigrants from Holland and
Prussia. The principal American colony is at Germantown, Pa.
(first settled 1683).

There is a Carnegie library, a city hospital and a fine high school
building in the town. Goshen is an important agricultural and lumber
market. Its manufactures include flour, lumber goods, ladders, iron,
wagons, steel tanks, underwear, machinery, furniture and farm
implements.

900 M. ELKHART, Pop. 24,277. (Train 3 passes 5:00a; No. 41, 10:05a; No.
25, 7:21a; No. 19, 1:10p. Eastbound: No. 6 passes at 12:50p; No. 26,
2:45p; No. 16, 4:10p; No. 22, 8:15p.)

Elkhart, originally "Elkheart" (the translation of an Indian word), is
so named by the Indians from the shape of an island, near the centre of
the city, formed by the junction of the two rivers, the St. Joe and the
Elkhart, which make many turns and windings here. There are several
parks, in one of which, McNaughton Park, a Chautauqua assembly is held
annually.

[Illustration: La Salle (1643-1687)

Ren['e] Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, was born at Rouen,
France, and began his explorations from Montreal in 1669.
Discovering the Ohio River, he travelled down possibly as far as
(its?) junction with the Mississippi and then returned. The winter
of 1679 La Salle passed at a post above Niagra Falls, where he
built his famous (ship?), the "Griffin," in which he sailed the
Great Lakes to Lake Michigan, (and?) which he sent back laden with
(furs?) in the hope of satisfying the loans of his creditors,
while he himself proceeded westward. In 1682, (after?) many
adventures, he floated down (to?) the mouth of the Mississippi,
where he erected a monument and cross, took possession of the
region in the name of Louis XIV and named it Louisiana. When he
returned there two years (later?) with four vessels he mistook the
waters of Matagorda Bay, in the present state of Texas, for the
mouth of a branch of the Mississippi and landed there. Fruitlessly
wandering through the wilderness i